Two local councillors were surprised to learn that the club had been operating since 2008.

Cllr Patrick Nicholson, who represents Plympton St Mary, said the application was due to be decided by planning officers.

“Apparently it has been going for three years and no one has complained up to now.

“You don’t need to go to any residential areas to get to it, and it operates at night when the other businesses have closed.

“It doesn’t interfere with anyone else and I won’t call it in unless I get representations from the community.”

Fellow Conservative ward councillor Samantha Leaves said: “It has been operating for three years and I wasn’t aware it was there. I have had no complaints from residents.

“I haven’t got an issue with it. What people want to do in their private lives is up to them if they are not breaking the law.”

The Herald tried to speak to the club’s operator. A man who answered the number given on a website at first acknowledged that he was “Mo” – the name given on the website – but later denied knowing anything about it.

A city council spokeswoman said the club might need a sex establishment licence, but that would depend on how it operated.

Comments

me and my mate heard about the club from a friend in Ivybridge.
we paid it a vist last month
i dressed up in my man-size baby outfit and my mate Dave wore his Argyle shirt.
we had to leave early as other people kept pointing and laughing at Dave.

Presumably it's all consensual? Is it a business? Does it need planning permission? Why has the Herald decided to give it so much publicity? Is it yet another Herald advertising feature under the guise of a news report? Can we now expect a Herald long lens to be hidden among the skips trying to catch a glimpse of recognisable faces? Will Unit18 feature amongst that page of happy groups in the Herald's night on the tiles picture page?